Multilateral Exercise, La Perouse

• La Perouse, a multilateral exercise, was hosted by France.

• Navigations from nine Indo-Pacific countries took part in the exercise.

• The exercise was conducted in the strategically important Malacca, Sunda and Lombok Straits between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

• Indian Navy's INS Mumbai has been deployed for the exercise. The exercise was led by the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) headed by the carrier Charles de Gaulle.

• The Malacca, Sunda and Lombok Straits are the entry and exit to the Indian Ocean region.

• Australia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S. participated in the exercise.